{"id":7959,"date":"2018-11-05T07:50:04","date_gmt":"2018-11-05T06:50:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/volare.volotea.com\/?post_type=inspiracion&p=7959"},"modified":"2021-05-29T01:27:53","modified_gmt":"2021-05-28T23:27:53","slug":"jules-verne-and-nantes","status":"publish","type":"inspiracion","link":"https:\/\/volare.volotea.com\/en\/cities\/nantes\/jules-verne-and-nantes\/","title":{"rendered":"Jules Verne and Nantes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Without <\/strong>any doubt, you are familiar with the name Jules Verne, but did you know that the French author was born in Nantes and spent his childhood there? Nantes inspired Jules Verne like Jules Verne continues to inspire the cultural development of Nantes.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jules Verne and Nantes are something of a love story. I didn’t know anything about it before settling in Nantes but I gradually became aware of it as I walked around the city and spotted little references of the author all over the place.<\/p>\n

Jules Verne is one of the most well-known French authors, and for good reason. His adventure novels, from Around the World in Eighty Days <\/em>to Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea<\/em> and Journey to the Centre of the Earth,<\/em> are bursting with imagination and a taste for exploration. This is certainly no coincidence. During his childhood, Nantes was a major trading port with numerous ships passing through, and it was on the Loire that Verne made his first voyage out to sea.<\/p>\n

Discover Jules Verne through Nantes<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you’re interested in the author’s history, you can retrace his past on the Ile Feydeau where he was born and at the Jules Verne Museum in Chantenay where his parents kept a holiday home. There’s also a city trail<\/a> you can follow to discover (almost) everything there is to know about Jules Verne in Nantes. You check it out either on foot or by taking the tram.<\/p>\n

Top things not to miss:<\/p>\n